The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-09
Baseball Notes.

It is in the East they say o. p Caylor will be
appointe manager of the Nets.
Lovett the star pitcher Of the Eastern League,
was inefficient when with the Athletics
Handiboe had. In a recent game against Du-
luth, twenty-six clean hits and eleven bases on
balls made off him. He was fined $40 for gener-
al misconduct
Boston Transcript: The Yale College base
ball nine have adopted kitten for a mascot. It
will be mighty mean antagonist who cries
rats" when the m ascot is in the field.
President Reach. of the Phllies. when in
Reading, took a particular fancy to Nose Kings
ley, the left-handed third baseman, and Mickey
Goodfellow, catcher of the Reading club.
Dennis Sullivan, who made his reputation as
a catcher in Lowell and Worcester, Mass, and
then guarded the home plate for Boston, entered
the College of the Sacred Heart, at Boston, and
is now a priest
Manager Williams, of Cleveland claims the
Metropolitans postponed several games
count of wet grounds when they were really fiji
to play on. He denounces the trickery of the
Metropolitans, used simply to prevent the col
lection of s65 guarantee on each day. The mat
ter will be laid before the Association.
1t was said that Sneed of the Memphis team,
endeavored to break up the Southern League,
so he could accept an offer to manage the Indian
apolis players. The Memphis club directors
have exonerated him from this charge. He is
not wanted to manage the Indianapolis nine but
he has been offered 81 100 by the directors of the
home clubto play here the remainder of the
He asks s., OOc, but IL is thought he will accept
the 81, 100 offer.
The Indianapolis club left at o'clock last
night for Detroit, where they play three games.
From there they go to Chicago for three games,
returning home to meet the Pittsburgs June I6,
II and IS. All the players went except Morrison
and Corcoran. To-day Kirby and Arundel will
be the battery; tomorrow. Healy and Hackett,
and Saturday Boyle and Myers. At Detroit
Myers will play in right field on the days when
he is not behind the bat
Pittsbure ChronicleTelegraph: Conway. of
the Detroits is . wreck, and apparently his
pitching days are over. His arm is gone and
his muscles are fabby. In the game he pitched
at Philadelphia he trembled like leaf at the
close of the game. The next day he was lame,
although he accompanied the team to Washing
ton. He could not go into the box, and was &C.
cordingly sent home. Just when he will be able
to appear with the club again seems to be some
thing of a conundrum.
A noisy and altogether disagreeabe individual
who occupied a seat in the grand stand, at yes
terdays game, should have been elected from the
grounds for his frequent chatting Of Umpire
Pearce. Twice the game was stopped and Pearce
demanded that tho man be put out, but police
man. who was finally sent after him, failed
find him. An umpire does always decide
points in accordance with the wishes of tho
crowd in attendance. but he should be accorded
dec emit treatment, especially when he is evident
ly doing what he regards as the fair thing. In
dianapoiis cannot lay the loss Of yesterdays
game at Pearcs's door, for his decisions were
fair in every case.